In gigantic lawsuits involving the deepest of pockets, there should be an alternative 'fast track' available. Both parties (corporations, natch) pony up 25 million dollars (non-refundable, win or loose) and the initial trial is heard by the Supreme Court instead. With this much money and ego on the line, these suits always end up with the Supremes anyway, so why not pay a voluntary tax and shave of years of pointless, plodding (but billable) years, so we can all get on with progress - which ususally goes to the highest bidder anyway.
They give pro (facist / police state / surveillance / corporate) forces the perfect justification to slowly destroy the most important source of freedom and information since the printing press: the Internet.
I just hope some of the wiser ones will still be around to help fight the forces of evil (and that ain't a video game console company, FFS).
The flip side of that is that you have ignorant people that are easily swayed by propaganda into wanting to "send a message".
If the Samsung Space Chickens could have figured a way to utter the magical letters 'DNA' to the jury, they would have won completely, because to US juries, DNA = absolute guilt*
* - even though it is far simpler to synthesize and plant DNA on evidence than say, replicating fingerprints.
The one thing that's always worried me about saving off the personal data from a clueless victim's hosed Windows box: how do you know there isn't a compromised file in that herd - a malicious pdf labeled '2008 Federal Tax Return', or that jpeg called 'Family Reunion' is not quite what it appears? Scan it all yes, but still that nagging concern never quite goes away.
Years ago, I couldn't remove the old license plate from my car to install the new plate as the screws had rusted solid. So I bolted the new plate to the bottom holes in the old plate. But there is a little slack in connections so the top plate can move a little (read: vibrate). Not intentional, but I imagine at speed, my plate might be a bit more blurry than the norm. Shame, that.
The monitoring will be done by your own bloody car. Real-time tracking will be required to register a car or even obtain insurance as the surety knobs want it too, to increase your rates in real time if the telemetry suddenly goes non-milquetoast.
Remember, citizen: driving is a privilege, not a right. Just like travel, speech, and thought.
It seems I cannot opt out of installing the search bar during installation. Too bad, I will never get to try it out.
I consider iron-clad anonymity on-line to be a human right, but I'm not going to throw my house keys and bank books into a mob-rule crowd that sports a few protest signs I might agreee with.
Deep down, in the not-too-pleasant lizard brain areas of these jurors was the desire to defend an American company (with happy, playful, insipid music in all their commercials) from the evil, juggernaught-like, unscrutable Asian conglomerate (China, Korea, whatevs, bro).
An interesting data point would be counting up how many times Apple's lawyers said 'American' in front of the jury...
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, all are doing fine. Even Iceland recovered quite nicely after its bank crisis of a few years back.
I always wonder how much impact a largely ethnically homgeneous populace has on the acceptance / presence of 'Socialist' tendencies. Maybe significant, universal social services and actual shared sacrifices (read: progressive, un-loopholed, and moral tax policies) are only accepted if everyone believes the recipients are from their own 'tribe'.
I'd like to see a study of the impact of ever-increasing amounts of perscription drugs showing up in waste water, and how damaging they are to the treatment process (assuming they're not just ignored and passed along). I suspect they would also severely impact any biological treatment systems as well.
One of the flaws of US primary education, is that the inmates (bug-fuck crazy fundies and anti-government wack-jobs) run the assylums (school districts). With one of the two political parties taking great pride in short-circuiting and actively trying to destroy rational, nationally consistent public education (because an dumb populace is easier to manipulate), the return of disease is only one of many brutal consequences of paranoia, self-interest, and goodly bit of racism.
I read TFS and all I think of is 'Sovereign Citizens' and the folks that have dreamed up new phrases that are the functional equivalent to shouting the n-word.
Buy the parts from chinese retailers, do the work yourself and the phone will perform like when it was new. There are a lot of people with worse phones, who would appreciate even an old smartphone.
After that, meticulously restore that old Ferrari and donate it to your local public radio station.
Especially the rural area are a bit difficult to service (yes I read part of the article). On the other hand: people that choose to live there, do they need fixed-line access?
Spot on, old sport! When their ancestors settled there 100 years ago, they bloody well knew the downsides!
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In gigantic lawsuits involving the deepest of pockets, there should be an alternative 'fast track' available. Both parties (corporations, natch) pony up 25 million dollars (non-refundable, win or loose) and the initial trial is heard by the Supreme Court instead. With this much money and ego on the line, these suits always end up with the Supremes anyway, so why not pay a voluntary tax and shave of years of pointless, plodding (but billable) years, so we can all get on with progress - which ususally goes to the highest bidder anyway.
But Putin is bound and determined to get the band back together for Cold War 2.0. Dick.
Fine, but how will it withstand being coated in crude oil and attacked by plastic garbage bags?
Time to start looking for Smoke Rings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smoke_Ring_(novel)
They give pro (facist / police state / surveillance / corporate) forces the perfect justification to slowly destroy the most important source of freedom and information since the printing press: the Internet.
I just hope some of the wiser ones will still be around to help fight the forces of evil (and that ain't a video game console company, FFS).
And here I thought it was all the trolls and whores paid by Microsoft, Miguel (and Florian).
I'm still struggling with the phrase 'an-as-yet unverified'. So... it's already verified?
The DA's DNA tests will never come back with blue eyes. Blue eyes, no; brown skin, yes. Always.
If the Samsung Space Chickens could have figured a way to utter the magical letters 'DNA' to the jury, they would have won completely, because to US juries, DNA = absolute guilt*
* - even though it is far simpler to synthesize and plant DNA on evidence than say, replicating fingerprints.
I wonder if Romney would be against the idea of microtaxes on bulk emails. Probably. I can see the TV ad now : Romney is Pro-Spam!
The one thing that's always worried me about saving off the personal data from a clueless victim's hosed Windows box: how do you know there isn't a compromised file in that herd - a malicious pdf labeled '2008 Federal Tax Return', or that jpeg called 'Family Reunion' is not quite what it appears? Scan it all yes, but still that nagging concern never quite goes away.
Years ago, I couldn't remove the old license plate from my car to install the new plate as the screws had rusted solid. So I bolted the new plate to the bottom holes in the old plate. But there is a little slack in connections so the top plate can move a little (read: vibrate). Not intentional, but I imagine at speed, my plate might be a bit more blurry than the norm. Shame, that.
I think I might have stumbled upon their reason for throwing the towel...
The monitoring will be done by your own bloody car. Real-time tracking will be required to register a car or even obtain insurance as the surety knobs want it too, to increase your rates in real time if the telemetry suddenly goes non-milquetoast.
Remember, citizen: driving is a privilege, not a right. Just like travel, speech, and thought.
The study of Dutch Ovens.
I consider iron-clad anonymity on-line to be a human right, but I'm not going to throw my house keys and bank books into a mob-rule crowd that sports a few protest signs I might agreee with.
4. Jingoism
Deep down, in the not-too-pleasant lizard brain areas of these jurors was the desire to defend an American company (with happy, playful, insipid music in all their commercials) from the evil, juggernaught-like, unscrutable Asian conglomerate (China, Korea, whatevs, bro).
An interesting data point would be counting up how many times Apple's lawyers said 'American' in front of the jury...
I always wonder how much impact a largely ethnically homgeneous populace has on the acceptance / presence of 'Socialist' tendencies. Maybe significant, universal social services and actual shared sacrifices (read: progressive, un-loopholed, and moral tax policies) are only accepted if everyone believes the recipients are from their own 'tribe'.
I'd like to see a study of the impact of ever-increasing amounts of perscription drugs showing up in waste water, and how damaging they are to the treatment process (assuming they're not just ignored and passed along). I suspect they would also severely impact any biological treatment systems as well.
Please! Won't someone help this man, so burdened and weighed down by the massive stacks of cash in his pockets!
One of the flaws of US primary education, is that the inmates (bug-fuck crazy fundies and anti-government wack-jobs) run the assylums (school districts). With one of the two political parties taking great pride in short-circuiting and actively trying to destroy rational, nationally consistent public education (because an dumb populace is easier to manipulate), the return of disease is only one of many brutal consequences of paranoia, self-interest, and goodly bit of racism.
I read TFS and all I think of is 'Sovereign Citizens' and the folks that have dreamed up new phrases that are the functional equivalent to shouting the n-word.
It's not a *pyramid*, it's a ziggaraut!! A whole new paradigm! Join us!
After that, meticulously restore that old Ferrari and donate it to your local public radio station.
Spot on, old sport! When their ancestors settled there 100 years ago, they bloody well knew the downsides!